About John Pepper, P.E.

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas & Louisiana
MBA, Finance

John Pepper, P.E., has more than forty-six years of experience in domestic oil/gas exploration and production operations, management, and petroleum engineering consulting. He was involved in the initial formation of six oil/gas firms, including an internationally recognized engineering consulting firm, all of which were successful and four of which are still in operation.

John has extensive management experience in production, drilling, and reservoir engineering, with total P/L responsibility for an independent oil/gas producer operating in the major domestic onshore basins and in coastal GOM waters. He served as shareholder, director, and chief operating officer for privately owned oil and gas exploration and production company through June 1999.
He is currently Partner and Chief Operating Officer for two privately owned independent oil and gas producers. He also has technical knowledge and experience in new oil and gas industry technologies such as 3D seismic, horizontal drilling, and systems applications.

Following is a detailed resume, listing education, experience and references. Please contact John if you have questions or comments.

EDUCATION

B.S. Petroleum Engineering

University of Missouri at Rolla

May 1972

M.B.A. Finance and Management

University of Houston

December 1991

M.S. Petroleum Engineering

University of Houston

May 1998

PROFESSIONAL

Professional Engineer

Texas No. 73051

Professional Engineer

Louisiana No. 17391

Committee

IPAA representative for EPA funded and NETA sponsored "Oilfield Worker Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization" Work Group. Served on Advisory and Technical Committees and as Technical Director for Work Group Video "Keeping It Clean", 1994

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Member No. 050943

EXPERIENCE

Consulting Petroleum Engineer in the areas of Oil and Gas Property Valuation, Acquisitions and Divestitures and Corporate Restructuring. Expert Witness Testimony and Litigation support for U.S. Department of Justice, Expert Witness Section.

One of original owners during formation and initial growth of this consulting firm. Designed well testing procedures, interpreted and evaluated results, designed and implemented massive hydraulic fracture stimulations for the major domestic tight sand basins. Served on technical teams for classification of several formations as "tight sand" pursuant to NGPA. Extensive experience in technical preparation and field implementation of MHF and well-testing operations.

Designed and supervised Gulf Coast Division drilling operations that included North and South Louisiana, Mississippi, and East Texas. Operations were primarily overpressured objectives, both onshore and coastal waters. Mississippi operations included sour gas objectives. Extensive engineering and field supervision experience in "independent" operations.

Responsible for multiple platform production operations, including workover and maintenance operations. Designed high volume gas lift installations and participated in joint venture operations on various unitized reservoirs. Responsible for two platform drilling rigs operating in competitive reservoir areas, which included "producing while drilling." Drilling experience included assignment on both Company operated platform rigs and semi-submersibles operating in 2000' water depths.